The game was released for the PlayStation 4 in April 2020. While the veteran Japanese Final Fantasy VII voice cast returned, the English voices were recast. The staff redesigned the characters to balance realism and stylization. Several key staff members returned, including character designer Tetsuya Nomura as director, director Yoshinori Kitase as producer, scenario writer Kazushige Nojima as story and scenario writer, event planner Motomu Toriyama as a co-director, and composer Nobuo Uematsu who returned to write the game's main theme. Remake was announced in 2015 following years of speculation. The gameplay combines real-time action with strategic and role-playing elements. He joins AVALANCHE, an eco-terrorist group trying to stop the powerful megacorporation Shinra from using the planet's life essence as an energy source. Set in the dystopian cyberpunk metropolis of Midgar, players control mercenary Cloud Strife. It is the first in a planned series of games remaking the 1997 PlayStation game Final Fantasy VII. Final Fantasy VII Remake is a 2020 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix.
